Hi Guys's
Trawling the internet and being an Avid Android fan i came across Maplins and Found this:
[url="http://www.maplin.co.uk/smart-tv-entertainment-box-powered-by-android-586939"]http://www.maplin.co...-android-586939[/url]

So read a few things about it and off in the car i go lol

Last one in the shop , so quickly grabbed it up and off home.

(Wife not happy )

Plugged it in , Android TV hmmm i'm liking this , Running on Android 2.2 , i soon managed to get the hang of the Air Controller
Clicked on Market , hmmm where were all the Apps ! only about 20 listed , not good , thinking now whats the point of an Android box without working market.
Email sent to Maplins , Reading the book i managed to find the Manufacturer and went to the website , intrigued i checked for updates , sure enough Android GingerBread 2.4 update was there , but would it work ?
Maplins reply " Sorry this Android box in not compatible with Android Market"
"what the !"
So now i'm thinking time for it to go back in the box , But first , i may as well try the 2 updates from the manufacturers website see what happens.
Downloaded and installed onto SD card update 1
Arrrrrrrr disaster ! looping boot screen failed firmware update.

Oh well may as well try the actual firmware update nothing to lose , as i would take it back as faulty.
Update firmware 2.
10 minutes later , Full success GingerBread Android 2.4 , Full Market Access
So let me tell you about this little box of tricks.

Air controller with keyboard
Android GingerBread 2.4
WiFi and Ethernet
2 USB
HD 1080P
HDMI
SD card slot
Full Market Access
Full customizable Screens
BBCiplayer
Full Web Access
Many free games
Multimedia player (all film types)
Music player
Youtube
etc
Basically any App on the market will work

[quote name='Preee' timestamp='1324319091' post='157270']
Let me know if you get one i can send you the links where to download firmware from and how to update it
[/quote]
Yes that would be good links please

TIA Pete

Preee

December 21, 2011, 7:31 pm

[quote name='pragmatix' timestamp='1324490285' post='157587']
Yes that would be good links please

TIA Pete
[/quote]

Hi Pete

PM me your email and i will forward the guides and link's that the manufacturers sent me today , i had already found them when i updated mine , but i had sent them an email which they responded today with a full guide with links which is better than just the links

They have some wild and wonderfull gadgets on there that they make , very hard for me not to be clicking buy buy buy buy

pragmatix

December 21, 2011, 8:50 pm

Paul, Thanks all recieved, get box tomorrow, looking forwrd to playing

ijustwantafile

January 19, 2012, 12:37 pm

Just come across this thread.
Do you still recommend people get one after having it a while now?

I've been after something similar for a while but just been sticking with my pc connected to the tv but would like something that's quiet!

What formats does it play? can you play a 10gb MKV 1080p video file?

Preee

January 19, 2012, 3:59 pm

So far it plays all formats i throw at it , but i have not tried an MKV file.

It is still a great little box and has , had another update to fix a few errors since my last post , and according to the website they are almost finished testing IceCream android which will be released soon.

I have still seen it in Maplins Shop but it is no longer available online.